Worksheet
Naming Words
A gentle first look at nouns, called naming words at this age. Children pick out the words that name people, animals, places and things,…
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Free Year 1 English Worksheets — New Zealand
7 free english resources for Year 1, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
English develops reading, writing, spelling and grammar together. Strong readers write better, and students who understand sentence structure read with more understanding. Our English resources separate those strands so you can target the one that needs work, while reading passages, writing prompts and grammar activities all reinforce one another.
Year 1 English topics
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Worksheets
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
- Worksheet
Tracing Letters a–m
Children trace and then write the lowercase letters a to m, one letter at a time, with plenty of space to practise. The sheet finishes…
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 16 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Tracing Letters n–z
Children trace and write the lowercase letters n to z, completing the alphabet after the a–m sheet. Each letter has a traced model and…
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 16 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Tracing Numbers and Simple Words
Children trace the numerals 1 to 10, then trace and copy six short words they are likely to meet in their first readers (cat, dog, sun,…
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 12 min
- Questions
- 19 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Comprehension Exercises
A passage with questions.
- Comprehension Exercise
The Kiwi — Reading Comprehension
A very short information text about the kiwi, New Zealand's national bird. Children read about how kiwi find food at night with the…
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 15 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Spelling Lists
Word lists with practice activities.
- Spelling List
Spelling List 1: Short 'a' Words
Ten simple three-letter words with the short 'a' sound, such as cat and hat. Your child traces each word, fills gaps in short sentences,…
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 40 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Spelling List
Spelling List 2: Short 'o' Words
Ten three-letter words with the short 'o' sound, such as dog and hop. Your child traces each word, completes gap-fill sentences,…
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 40 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Common questions
Do writing tasks have answers?
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Are the reading passages original?
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
How to use these resources
- Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
- Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
- Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
- Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.